User blog comment:Nkstjoa/Characters I want to see in a DmC sequel/@comment-216.80.140.168-20140409044648/@comment-6769189-20140420020702

in the DMC3 manga, Vergil has a flashback to the night the family was attacked. He saw that his house was burning. He(from what i understand) presumed Dante and Eva dead, killed who was attacking him, and walked off. He had a dark aura around him. I think that was the moment he turned dark. I wouldnt say hes evil, just misguided.

The opening narrator of DMC1 said Sparda died, but it seems that all anyone in-universe knows is that he disappeared.